Senate votes for more pay to vets fight over funding
Washington March 29 AP The administration debated how to pay an extra 228 million for veterans and federal employees after Congress approved 80 million in a partisan Senate vote. Republicans plus 29 Democrats and Shipstead backed the bill amid veto controversy. President Roosevelt opposed the measure as costly beyond his budget and tied to veterans service pensions. The vote stirred political questions for upcoming primaries and elections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Sovernment
Jane Farmer-Labor
Shipstead
Minnesota
Garner
Mauch
Robinson
Indiana
Pat Harrison
D. Miss
Vienna bans foreign magazines in street sale
In Vienna on March 29 a government order banned one hundred foreign publications from newsstands to remove what authorities deem immoral or objectionable material. The list includes Saturday Evening Post Variety True Story Magazine American Magazine W 2 World La Vie Parisienne Paris Plaisirs Pearson's Magazine Daily Sketch and ninety other titles. the ban takes effect immediately.
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Vienna
Saturday Evening Post
Variety
True Story Magazine
W+2 World
la Vie Parisienne
Paris Plaisirs
Pearson's
Daily Sketch
The
News Chronicle
Insull's Maiotis to sail for Romania from Istanbul
Samuel Insull on the Maiotis, docked in Istanbul for provisions, is reported to sail for Romania this afternoon. Turkish police watch the dinghy ship as it loads water and food, with Bucharest denying leniency and American Minister Owsley warning Insull cannot stay in Romania.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Rumania
Romania
Athens
Asseep
Golden Horn
Inuul
T. Chelebides
Insull
Pir
Aegean
Pireaus
Greece
Port Said
Suez Canal
Piraeus
Bosporus
Poice
Hotor
Black Sea
Constanza
Persia
Crimea
Chelibides
Bucharest
Secret Service
In-Prison Conference Ties Alcatraz Transfer Talks
Warden James A. Johnson of Alcatraz met with Warden R. H. Hudspeth at Leavenworth amid questions about transferring inmates including Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates. Bailey and Bates are life-term Urschel kidnapers. George Kelly is at the main prison. Officials would not confirm or deny plans to move them to Alcatraz.
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Leavenworth
Kan
James A. Johnson
Alcatraz Island Federal
California
San Francisco
R. H. Hudspeth
Federal Penitentiary Annex
Hudspeth
Alcatraz Island Penitentiary
Johnson
Harvey Bailey
Island
J Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Annex
Albert Bates
Urschel
George
Alcatraz
Bailey, Bates
Kelly
Einstein Loses German Citizenship in July Action
Berlin announces that famed scientist Albert Einstein forfeits his German citizenship for conduct deemed disloyal to the Reich. The Official Gazette lists 87 citizens deprived of citizenship, including Kurt Rosenfeld and Paul Hertz, former Reichstag member and budget official, amid a broader purge of loyalties.
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Berlin
Albert “Einstein
Reich
Einstein
Tueh
Reichstag
Kurt Rosenfeld
Paul
Hertz
Budget
Experi
Ene
Hooveresque Motor Trip Visits Gov Landon In Kansas
Former President Hoover visited Gov Alf Landon in Topeka on a leisurely Kansas City to Iowa motor tour. He declined to discuss politics or the 1936 Republican nomination, citing only weather and scenery.
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Topeka
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Iowa
Kansas City
Herbert Oover, Jr
Altho
California
Landon
Duiske
Capitol
Hoover Briefly Stops at Local Filling Station
Former president Herbert Hoover stayed about a few minutes at a Sixth and Massachusetts filling station in Lawrence en route to Kansas City. A Lincoln sedan with California plates carried Hoover and his party including a chauffeur and secretary. Hoover was described as very pleasant and courteous as locals waited for a glimpse. he returned to highway 73-W to continue toward Kansas City. A wage increase of 10 percent for 18,500 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. workers in the Birmingham district was announced, effective April 1, in a separate item.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Louis Shaw
Sixth
Massachusetts Street
Hoover
Topeka
Highway 10
Kansas City
Lawrence
Seventh
Massachusetts
Mr. Hoover
Shaw
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Tron & Railroad Co
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Slayings Probe Expands as 13 Held in Jackson Co
Kansas City March 29 AP authorities continued the inquiry into four election day killings and multiple slayings. Thirteen people were detained by Jackson County officers and city police, with none charged yet. Dozens housed after raids were released for insufficient evidence, while deputies pursue suspects linked to deputy Lee Fincy's death and bystander P W Oldham. The national youth movement backing the anti boss ticket vows a fresh $100000 campaign as fusionists claim fraud and intimidation affected the election results.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Altho
Sheriff's Office
Joe Lascuola
Joe School
Ben Banjo
Tony Genova
Lee ‘Lacy
P. W. Oldham
Thomas J. Higgins
Thomas
Bush
Lee Fincy
National Youth Movement
Citizens-Fusionist
Democratic Organization
Tom Pendergast
Joseph C. Fennelly
Pendergast
Fennelly
Insull freed on bonds as extradition case advances
Martin J Insull, British citizen and former utilities mogul, leaves county jail on bonds totaling 50,000 after facing embezzlement indictments involving 364,000. Judge Fardy set April motions, and Insull must depart the United States under Detroit signed permit, with trial likely in a month to six weeks.
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Chicago
Martin J. Insull
Bar of Justice
United States
Philip J. Finnegan
James F. Fardy
Fardy
John E. Northup
Insull
John Irwin
Northup
Canada
Detroit
Missouri Marshal Slain Near Campbell After Pursuit
Clarence Green, night marshal of Campbell Missouri, was shot and killed when two suspects fled from a filling station. Police Chief Rodney Brown and Constable Henry Weeks pursued, the gunman fired from behind a tree with a shotgun. The killers escaped toward a highway, leaving a car at the scene. Green is survived by his widow and three children.
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Campbell
Clarence Green
Brown
U S Still Wheat Factor in Export Despite Reduced Production
George F. Farrell of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration told an Agricultural conference in Dodge City that the United States will remain a factor in wheat export even as production falls. He estimated wheat surplus dropping to about 270 million bushels by July and to around 200 million bushels in a reasonable time if production stays controlled.
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Dodge City
Kan
George F. Farrell
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Farrell
Senate Passes Bills to Check Gangsters
The Senate passed seven bills strengthening federal crime laws, aiming to curb racketeering. Attorney General Cummings supported them as key measures, with leaders urging swift approval. One bill would prosecute commercial racketeering with penalties up to 99 years in jail.
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Senate
House
Cummings
Robinson
Ashurst
Judiciary Committee
Vandenberg
Copeland
House Rules Committee Narrowing Wirt Probe Sparks Debate
Washington March 29 AP The House Rules Committee approved a resolution limiting the Wirt brain trust inquiry to Dr William A Wirt and the named individuals, ahead of a broader investigation. Republicans argued for a wider scope as Democrats pushed a party line action and set a potential House vote today or tomorrow.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
House Rules Committee
House
Bulwinkle
N.C
Martin
Ra Mass
Capitol Hill
McGugin
Kan
Kansas
Walter M. Higgins
Associated Groups For Economic Liberty
Kerensky
George W. Christians
American Reds
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Marvin McIntyre
Warm Springs
Wirth
Brain Trust
Higgins
O'Connor
Washleton
Wirt
Moley
Christians
Chiang Kai-shek bans English language in Chinese publications
Chiang Kai-shek orders all Chinese publications to cease carrying English titles nationwide as part of a new national conscious policy. He cites the need for a strong national consciousness and asserts control as head of the nationalist government in Nanking. A second autopsy confirms Serge Stavisky died by his own action, aligning with the original report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Nanking
Gains in the 10th Reserve District
February business activity in the tenth Federal Reserve district shows higher bank debits and increased sales across retail and wholesale channels. Department store and wholesale sales rose, two month cumulative sales up 19.6 percent from a year earlier. Agricultural demand strengthened with higher livestock and dairy prices, while wheat conditions improved despite some soil-blowing damage. Petroleum field work rose with new pools. crude oil prices remained steady since late 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanas City
Federal Reserve District
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Forms of Government to Be Discussed in Debate
A public debate will discuss manager and mayor council forms of city government. It follows a week of action by a group seeking to defeat the manager plan and return Lawrence to mayor council. Three men were named to pick two for mayor council and two for the manager form: George Melvin J B Wilson C C Stewart Ray Wright and Charles Hackler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
George Melvin
J. B. Wilson
C. C. Stewart
Cold Wave Arrives in Kansas With Snow Possibility
Topeka dispatch cites federal meteorologist S D Flora saying a spring cold wave would reach Kansas tonight with snow likely in areas from the Kansas-Nebraska line southward. Temperatures could drop to near 20s below zero in Canada and 20s in northern Kansas, with a rebound not strong. Clouds and a chance of snow accompany the cold as moisture may not accompany the plunge.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Altho
Kansas-Nebraska Line
Prince Albert
Canada
Nebraska
Dakotas
Flora
Limitation on Tariff Terms Three Years by House
The House set a three year limit on the administration's reciprocal tariff bill. Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee explained the change to address criticisms of constitutionality. An amendment by Vinson prohibiting any clause granting authority to cancel or reduce foreign debts was adopted unanimously. The Senate meanwhile adopted the conference report on the Jones Connally bill to list cattle and other roads as basic commodities under the farm act, completing congressional action.
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Washington
House
Doughton
D.-N.c
Ways and Means Committee
Vinson
D.-Ky
Senate
Stock Market Index Reported at 84.4 for 90 Stocks
The stock index shows 84.4 for 90 listed stocks with yesterday's price at 3 dollars. Phone 22 for Want Ads.
Registration Costs Hit Kansas City Polls
Kansas City on March 29 opened voter registration for a May 15 bond issue vote to rehabilitate Missouri electrosynary and penal institutions. Officials estimated registration costs at 75,000, noting most qualified voters were already on the books from the municipal election and few registered at noon.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Three-Hour Good Friday Service At First Baptist
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance presents the annual Good Friday service at First Baptist tomorrow from noon to 3 pm with organists Mrs. Rankin George Trovillo and Charles Wilson. Mayor and Alliance urge city businesses to close or allow clerks to attend. service commemorates Jesus on the cross with a full program of hymns prayers and selections by local musicians.
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Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Church
Paul C. Rankin
George Trovillo
Charles Wilson
Ministerial Alliance
Jesus
Lawrence
Orman
George Nevin
Berry
Essa
Art Sterley
Jone
Jone Ude
Xtinit
Marais
AL Catvars
Harles
H. Marah
Cras
Sol
Colin Sol
the Jewels
Wolf-Ferrart
Dalton
Pather
Wee Dubois
Nate Benediction
Messiah
Handel
Typhoon Kills 800 as 300 Fishing Junks Sink Off Kwangtung Coast
A powerful typhoon struck the Kwangtung coast injuring and sinking hundreds of fishing fleets. Chinese reports say about 300 junks sank and only scattered survivors were rescued by two Chinese customs cruisers. The storm struck near Waiyang Monday night catching crews off guard.
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Shanghai
Kwangtung
China
Waiyang
Three Clinics Tomorrow Sponsored by Lawrence Kiwanis
Three clinics sponsored by the Lawrence Kiwanis club will be held tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 o clock. The mental and nervous clinic led by Dr. FE T Gibson will be at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The orthopedic clinic led by Dr. C B Francisco will meet at the old city hall. The well baby clinic led by Dr. H M Gilkey will take place at the new city hall.
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Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Fe.t. Gibson
Chamber of Commerce
C. B. Francisco
Old City
H. M. Gilkey
New City
PESSIMISTIC DOSE: ISE WARNs OF DEMOCRACY'S DOOM
Economics professor John Ise of the University of Kansas reports a deep pessimism about the U S democratic system and world stability after meetings in New York Washington and Chicago. He warns capitalism may crumble pushing toward dictatorship unless the United States acts to reform government and economy.
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John Ise
University of Kansas
United States
New York
American Economic Association
Washington
Chicago
Ise
Ais
Thes
Frank Knight
University of Chicago
Katt Old
U.S
America
Europe
Roosevelt
Will Abandon Line Washington March 29
The St Louis San Francisco railway was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon three miles of track from Galena Kansas to the Hero Mine spur. The Senate passed the Bank head compulsory cotton control bill and returned it to the House for action on amendments.
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Washington
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galena
Kansas
Hero Mine
Senate
House
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